Allen, whose 2006 Senate re-election bid was undone by his "macaca" video moment distributed via YouTube, tells Blitzer he thinks the Internet’s impact on politics is good for American democracy. “The more that people are informed and have access to information and ideas, the better,” says Allen, likening the Internet to the printing press. Allen also talks with Blitzer about whether he will ever run for political office again. Watch Allen’s Situation Room interview.

You’re right Joe, it would have been different...because it would have been a complete blow out and the Democrats would coast their way right into the White House.

Allen couldn’t even win his (VERY) Republican state of Virginia in the race for the Senate! How on earth would he expect to rally independents and swing voters to his cause?

His “Macaca” comment was a gross display of racism and his days in the spotlight are over as a result. He’ll ride out the remainder of his career in politics in a back-seat role, as a commentator, or like most of these former Senators, as lobbyist.